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Inside No. 9. Reece Shearsmith. Copyright: BBC
Reece Shearsmith

Reece Shearsmith

  • 55 years old
  • English
  • Actor and writer

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Reece Shearsmith not actually dead!

Inside No. 9 co-star Reece Shearsmith has tweeted for the first time since the live episode of the award-winning series went out at the end of October when he "died".

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th November 2018

I Talk Telly Award nominations published

Nominees for TV blog I Talk Telly's 2018 awards have been revealed, with the final series of ITV's Benidorm amongst those leading the running.

British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2018

Inside No. 9: the road to devilish deception

Where did The Sun and their quoted source, The Daily Star, get the Inside No. 9 Granada Studios story? Is it possible they were fed it as part of the show's mischief...

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 30th October 2018

Inside No. 9's live episode was exceptionally clever

Television history, urban myth, horror tradition, all bound together and delivered at a breakneck pace through live television.

James Cooray Smith, The New Statesman, 30th October 2018

Inside No 9, live Halloween episode, review

The League of Gentlemen graduates deploy retro-horror with some very post modern twisting.

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 29th October 2018

Inside No 9: Dead Line review

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith love a gimmick, coming up with ever-inventive ways to present each of their Inside No 9 stories.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th October 2018

Tantalisingly, all Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith will give away about this live special is that it's Halloween night and a man is making his way home through the graveyard of a church when he finds a mobile on one of the graves. His attempt to contact the owner unleashes a dark chain of events. Be there and be scared.

Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 28th October 2018

Inside No 9 Live, review

A prank pulled off with aplomb, this was a televisual trick and treat.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 28th October 2018

How will Inside No 9's live Halloween episode work?

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith discuss the scariest TV project they've ever worked on...

Sam Peters, Radio Times, 28th October 2018

No. 9 creators on the scariest thing about Halloween

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, of The League of Gentlemen, on their first live episode of cult show Inside No. 9.

Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 26th October 2018

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